Coat of Arms with a Skull, 1503

Title

Coat of Arms with a Skull

Artist

• Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 16th century

Object Type

• art print

Material

• handmade paper
• Vergé paper

Technique

• copperplate engraving

Geographic Reference

• German

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert in der Platte unten auf der Tafel: AD; datiert in der Platte unten mittig auf dem Stein: 1503

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): superbe épreuve / N 101 / J. D. Böhm [wie Lugt 272] [weitere schwer lesbare Notizen]
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Hollstein German VII.89.98
• TIB 1001.101
• Schoch/Mende/ Scherbaum 1.105.37
• Meder 1932.109.98
• Bartsch VII.109.101

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1849

Genre

• allegory
• coat of arms

Main Motif

• man
• woman
• couple

Primary

• 33C23 couple of lovers
• 33A711 unequal partners
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31A44411 wild man, wodewose, woodehouse
• 44B194 coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty)
• 31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death)

Secondary

• 45C221 helmet
• 48A98312 tendrils ~ ornament